The Richardson TrophyFooty Team Racing

Angus Richardson father of the Footy Class

The Angus Richardson Trophy is a team sailing competition for Footy Class Model Yachts, teams should be made up of members representing one club affiliated to the Model Yachting Association of GB or in the case of overseas clubs affiliated to their own national body.

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The honour of hosting the Richardson trophy goes to the winning team, this year competition will therefore be held at Abbey Meads, Chertsey and be hosted by Guildford MYC on the 22nd June 2014. What did we learn from 2013, Footys sail really well even when using a sail smaller than a pocket hankerchief in 24mph winds.Despite their small size you can still have a very enjoyable team race using them, the better organised and more comunication between the team members the better their results. It was very heartening to see the members of the junior team "the Vice Squad" working closely together, encouraging each other and trying to use team tactics at last years event. With a bit of organisation you can get 24 races into a days event. How does Team Racing WorkTeam Racing, also known as teams racing, is a popular form of Yacht Racing. For our competition teams consisting of 3 boats compete together in a team race, with their results being combined – as opposed to fleet racing where boats are scored on an individual basis. The low points scoring system is used: a boat that finishes 1st earns 1 point, a boat that finishes 2nd earns 2 points, and so on – with the winning team decided by adding together the points of all the boats in each team. Team races are usually sailed over short courses in the form of a starboard (right) hand box course (beat, short reach, run, short reach, beat to start) if only two teams are competing, otherwise in the shape of an 'S' on its side (beat –mark to starboard, short reach, run, short reach, beat to finish). This format puts a premium on team racing tactics – rather than the outcome being decided by pure boat speed. Team Racing Tactics Team racing is a more tactical and technical branch of sail boat racing, combining the need for adequate boat speed and handling with good teamwork and communication. Consider the following situation in a 3-boat team race. If one boat is in 1st place and his team-mates are in 4th and 6th then the team's points are 1 + 4 + 6 = 11 points, whereas the opposition has 2 + 3 + 5 = 10 points and so is ahead. For his team to win the race, the boat in 1st place will have to manoeuvre in such a way as to hinder the two opposition boats behind him or, probably better, the 4th boat will have to slow the 5th boat so that his 6th place team-mate moves up to 5th. He can do this by using the Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS), including Appendix D, to his advantage – positioning himself in such a way that the opposition has to sail extra distance to keep clear or sail in reduced wind and so lose ground. 3-boat Team Racing The rule for winning is 10 points or less, which translates to the following detailed rules 1-2-anything 1-3-anything 2-3-4 2-3-5 1-4-5